Human rights advocates and some comics say the festival, at which Bill Burr, Louis C.K., Dave Chappelle and Kevin Hart are performing, whitewashes abuses.
US federal prosecutors are asking that rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs, who was convicted earlier this year of sexual offences, serve 11 years and three months in prison. Court documents filed by the prosecution on Tuesday said the sentence should reflect the way the crimes were committed, accusing Combs of inflicting “decades of unchecked violence” and “decades of psychological, emotional and physical damage.